Palm Beach design panel skeptical of ‘Milk Can Modern’ house proposal

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Palm Beach design panel skeptical of ‘Milk Can Modern’ house proposal
Palm Beach design panel skeptical of ‘Milk Can Modern’ house proposal

Seasonal resident and real estate investor Adrian Tauro of Toronto has built — and sold — two houses in Palm Beach. 

And both of those homes won the endorsement of the town’s powerful Architectural Commission, which is tasked with approving the design of new architecture in town. 

But Tauro and his architectural team encountered a healthy dose of skepticism when the board reviewed his latest development proposal — a house he commissioned for a lot he owns at 224 Via Marila. Its architecture would echo the look of a house he built and sold on Chilean Avenue in Midtown a few years ago.

Commissioners generally agreed the two-story house designed for Via Marila, while attractive, appeared too tall. They also thought its Cape Dutch-influenced architecture would be out of place in the North End neighborhood, with one commissioner even going so far to describe the style as “Milk Can Modern.”

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